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<h2 id="dates/datxtick">datxtick</h2>
<div class="headline">Change ticks, labels and/or date frequency on x-axis in existing tseries graphs</div>

<h4 id="syntax">Syntax</h4>
<pre><code>datxtick(Range,...)
datxtick(Ax,Range,...)</code></pre>
<h4 id="input-arguments">Input arguments</h4>
<ul>
<li><p><code>Ax</code> [ numeric ] - Handle to the axes object where the changes will be made; if not specified, the current axes object, <code>gca()</code>, is changed.</p></li>
<li><p><code>Range</code> [ numeric ] - New date range to which the x-axis will be changed.</p></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="options">Options</h4>
<ul>
<li><p><code>'datePosition='</code> [ <code>'start'</code> | <code>'centre'</code> | <code>'end'</code> ] - Where within each given period the date tick will be placed (at the beginning of the period, in the middle of the period, or at the end of the period).</p></li>
<li><p><code>'dateTicks='</code> [ numeric | <em><code>Inf</code></em> ] - Individual date ticks; if <code>Inf</code>, the ticks will be determined automatically using the standard Matlab algorithm.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>See <a href="../dates/dat2str.html"><code>dat2str</code></a> for date formatting options available.</p>
<p>-IRIS Toolbox. -Copyright (c) 2007-2014 IRIS Solutions Team.</p>
<h4 id="description">Description</h4>
<h4 id="example">Example</h4>
<p>Create a graph plotting a quarterly series, and then change the ticks and labels on the x-axis to monthly:</p>
<pre><code>x = tseries(qq(2010,1):qq(2011,4),@rand);
plot(x);
datxtick(mm(2010,1):mm(2011,12),&#39;dateFormat=&#39;,&#39;Mmm YYYY&#39;);</code></pre>

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